one irregularly shaped, highly refractive mass in center
color slightly pink
colonies irregularly shaped without sharp outline
no visible gelatinuous sheet
colonies of about 50 – 100 µm in diameter
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Fig. 1:Rhodobacteria 1. L = 4 – 5.5 µm. A not squashed colony. Obj. 100 X.
Fig. 2:Rhodobacteria 1. L = 4 – 5.5 µm. A pink colored colony with a diameter of about 80 µm. The individual cells are separated from each other and arranged irregularly in the colony. Obj. 100 X.
Fig. 3:Rhodobacteria 1. L = 4 – 5.5 µm. A slightly squashed, smaller colony. Obj. 100 X.
Fig. 4:Rhodobacteria 1. L = 4 – 5.5 µm. The single Rhodobacteria 1 cells in detail. Note the irregularly shaped, highly refractive mass in the center of each cell. Obj. 100 X.